Method of reducing computational demand for image tracking

Abstract

A method of reducing computational demand for image tracking includes first receiving a plurality of images of a load hoisted with hanging wire in a preset transitional space, setting at least one monitoring point each at the load and the hanging wire, respectively, providing a tracking frame at the outer periphery of each monitoring point, allowing each tracking frame to track on its corresponding monitoring point that each monitoring point is kept on a relative location within each corresponding tracking frame, and producing the same displacement as that of the monitoring point, and lastly computing the displacement of each tracking frame thus obtaining the displacement of each monitoring point in correspondence to the tracking frame to calculate various displacement of the hanging wire and the load, respectively. With this image tracking method, the processing quantity of whole image data is effectively decreased and computational demand of equipments is reduced.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of reducing computational demand for image tracking that monitors movement of a load and overhead crane with a plurality of images on real time basis, comprising steps of:
 a) receiving a plurality of images of the load hoisted with hanging wire in a preset transitional space; 
 b) setting at least one monitoring point each at the received images of the load and the hanging wire, respectively; 
 c) providing a tracking frame at an outer periphery of each monitoring point at the received images of the load and the hanging wire; 
 d) allowing each tracking frame to track on its corresponding monitoring point at the received images of the load and the hanging wire and producing a displacement same as the monitoring point; and 
 e) calculating the displacement of each tracking frame thus obtaining the displacement of each monitoring point at received images of the load and the hanging wire in correspondence to the tracking frame to calculate the displacement of the hanging wire and the load, respectively, 
 wherein the step a) further comprises a fixed reference point provided on the background of the preset transitional space with a reference frame at outer periphery of the reference point for aid of comparing the displacement with each monitoring point at the received images of the load and the hanging wire and each tracking frame on its corresponding monitoring point. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the said step b) includes setting a monitoring point at the hanging wire and the load, respectively; and the said step c) comprises providing an upper tracking frame at the outer periphery of the monitoring point of the hanging wire and a lower tracking frame at the outer periphery of monitoring point of the load. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein a setting range of the upper tracking frame is smaller than that of the lower tracking frame. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the monitoring point in the step d) is kept on a relative position of each corresponding tracking frame to carry out tracking of each monitoring point by each corresponding tracking frame. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , wherein each monitoring point is kept on a fixed position within each corresponding tracking frame. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 4 , wherein each monitoring point keeps a fixed distance from a default border line within each corresponding tracking frame.